Woman hysterical hours after rape, Ched Evans trial told

Cardiff Crown Court heard the complainant woke up naked and confused in a room at the Premier Inn in Rhyl which had been paid for by the Wales striker.
Jurors have been told "sex noises" were heard coming from inside Room 14 - and that Evans had arrived at the hotel 15 minutes after his friend and the woman turned up together.
Evans, whose original conviction was quashed before a retrial ordered, denies raping the woman and insists the sex they had was consensual.
On the third day of the case, jurors heard the complainant arrived at friend's around an hour after waking up alone on... read more

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